2024-2025 Fighting Pearls

[GH2001]

Wrong on two counts:
Broome did Broome things.
It was easy.

I’ve never been so glad to miss the mark on something as this. Simply amazing that guy.

[chinook]

I’ve never been so glad to miss the mark on something as this. Simply amazing that guy.

#metoo

[wesfau2]

Stolt from the Rant (I have no idea if it's true):

We are by far the best offensive team in the country. The gap between Auburn and the #2 offense (Gonzaga) is greater than the gap from Gonzaga to the #19 offense (Pitt).

Overall, the gap from us to #8 bama is the same as the gap from bama to #66 (UC Irvine).

[jmar]

Very happy that Johni was able to return from his injury.

[GH2001]

Anyone going to Monmouth game? I may drive over for that one. All hail thy lourde Bruce.

[Snaggletiger]

Anyone going to Monmouth game? I may drive over for that one. All hail thy lourde Bruce.

Monmouth is currently 2-10.  They've played some stout competition in the early going, and did beat Seton Hall by 12. Hopefully, The Fighting Pearls will handle that bidnezz and get the white boys some good court time.

[wesfau2]

Two of the best alley-oop dunks I've ever seen.

One a half-court reverse jam.

These are the second line kids.

[The Six]

Two of the best alley-oop dunks I've ever seen.

One a half-court reverse jam.

These are the second line kids.

A good mid-major slaughter to end the non-con portion of the season. The battles begin now.

[wesfau2]

Ugly, disjointed (read: Pat Adams-officiated) game.

They had some size under the basket that was fucking us up on the offensive boards and limiting inside scoring a bit.  We were loose with the ball and trying to make highlight passes/plays rather than doing the simple things well.

And we still beat the brakes off of them.  Lots of good tape to coach from to keep the kids from getting complacent.

I watched a little of A&M/UT (on mute).  Looks like UT has some shooters, but didn't seem to have much size inside.  That said, we haven't been great in road games historically.  Should be fun in Austin.

[Snaggletiger]

Ugly, disjointed (read: Pat Adams-officiated) game.

They had some size under the basket that was fucking us up on the offensive boards and limiting inside scoring a bit.  We were loose with the ball and trying to make highlight passes/plays rather than doing the simple things well.

And we still beat the brakes off of them.  Lots of good tape to coach from to keep the kids from getting complacent.

I watched a little of A&M/UT (on mute).  Looks like UT has some shooters, but didn't seem to have much size inside.  That said, we haven't been great in road games historically.  Should be fun in Austin.

Yep, that was frustrating in the second half.  They got up 20+ and got sloppy with the ball, and really lost intensity on defense.  Didn't defend the 3 at all, and Mizzou shot their way back to respectability. 

Having said that, it's almost comical that our complaints are, "Well dagnabbit, once we got up 20..."  But the reality is, this league is a bizzitch, and letting your guard down will get that azz whipped.

[eagleair89]

Confucious say:

Weird, sloppy 5pt road win much better than double digit road loss.

War Damn, NEXT!!

[wesfau2]

Not our best effort down the stretch, but road wins are going to be hard to come by.

Enjoy the dub, coach em up and let's keep this thing going.

[AUJarhead]

Positives - Got up 20 on a decent SEC school.  Made free throws down the stretch that won the game for us.

Negatives - Feel like we got complacent once we got that 20 point lead.  I'm ok with taking 3s when you're up 20 with about 12 minutes to go, but I think they were low percentage threes where you didn't milk 20 seconds off the shot clock.  Need to clean that shit up.

Rather learn some hard lessons after a win than a loss, though.

[Snaggletiger]

Similar to Mizzou a few days before.  20+ point lead, and did all the things you guys said above. A lot of teams getting down that much will mail it in the rest of the way.  That ain't the case in this league.  Concentration and foot on the gas wire to wire. That said, there's a great chance your Auburn Tigers will be the #1 team in the land this time next week.

[The Six]

That said, there's a great chance your Auburn Tigers will be the #1 team in the land this time next week.

More important to be ranked #1 at end of season. Rest assured, the old heads that run college basketball are going to fight tooth and nail to keep us from a #1 seed. If they have to give one, it'll be the toughest run in tourney history. They will not make it easy.

Will only make the eventual cutting of the nets sweeter.

[GH2001]

Similar to Mizzou a few days before.  20+ point lead, and did all the things you guys said above. A lot of teams getting down that much will mail it in the rest of the way.  That ain't the case in this league.  Concentration and foot on the gas wire to wire. That said, there's a great chance your Auburn Tigers will be the #1 team in the land this time next week.

And it's a lapse on the D end. O still tossed up almost 90. See below....27 and 55 - YEAHHHH, quite the D letdown after halftime. Other teams will be looking at what Texas did in the 2nd half on O and trying to exploit us from here on out. We best buckle down and fix that because the schedule is brutal.

           1       2      T
AUB   39   48   87
TEX    27   55   82

[wesfau2]

And it's a lapse on the D end. O still tossed up almost 90. See below....27 and 55 - YEAHHHH, quite the D letdown after halftime. Other teams will be looking at what Texas did in the 2nd half on O and trying to exploit us from here on out. We best buckle down and fix that because the schedule is brutal.

           1       2      T
AUB   39   48   87
TEX    27   55   82

34 of those 82 came from a dude just shooting out of his mind.  Step-back, fadeaways...the guy couldn't miss.

Couple that with a bullshit 7 pt swing around JB's T...and you get what we had here last week.  Which is the way he wants it.  Well...He gets it!

Sorry, I blacked out for a second.  What were we talking about?

[GH2001]

34 of those 82 came from a dude just shooting out of his mind.  Step-back, fadeaways...the guy couldn't miss.

Couple that with a bullshit 7 pt swing around JB's T...and you get what we had here last week.  Which is the way he wants it.  Well...He gets it!

Sorry, I blacked out for a second.  What were we talking about?

Big black dongs. I think.

Wait, that was snags.

[AUJarhead]

Big black dongs. I think.

Wait, that was snags.

So he makes long posts to compensate for big black dongs?

[The Six]

So he makes long posts to compensate for big black dongs?

Prison changes a man, so I've heard.